Finance
AIM Finance
Finance can be defined as the art and science of managing money, analyzing value, and making decisions that shape the future of a company. Understanding finance is crucial for achieving business goals, not only for financial professionals but for all employees in the company, including teams engaged in operational, strategic, and creative tasks.
Who are the finance trainings for?
Finance training is not only intended for those who work in finance, but understanding it is necessary for everyone in the company in order to achieve financial goals.
- From the financial sector: financial directors, controlling directors, financial assistants, analysts…
- From other sectors: managers and employees in sales, production, procurement, IT, HR, and logistics…
Why are finance trainings important?
Finance training helps with:
- For a better understanding of cash flows, costs, and valuation
- Making safer and more informed decisions
- Achieving sustainable business results
What are the benefits of AIM finance training?
After the finance training, participants acquire the skills to:
- Enhancing business understanding
- More efficient budget management
- Making better strategic decisions
- Reducing financial risks
- Strengthening cooperation between sectors
Training
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Financial
leadership
- Fundamentals of financial management
- Effective cash flow management for maintaining liquidity
- The link between official and management reporting
- Comprehensive financial analysis of the company
- Establishing key performance indicator systems
- A holistic approach to finance
- Company credit policies
- Cost structure and payment management
Finance for
non-financiers
- Basic financial statements
- Understanding results from the income statement
- Overview of assets and liabilities from the balance sheet
- Cash flow monitoring
- Profitability analysis
- Liquidity analysis
- Accounts receivable collection, inventory management, supplier tracking
- Factors for improving company performance
Working capital management
- Net working capital
- Strategic and financial importance of working capital management
- Cash flow
- Operational reduction of working capital
- Accounts receivable collection
- Inventory reduction
- Supplier monitoring
- Rules for maintaining an optimal amount of working capital
Business plan
- Introduction to business plan methodologies
- Structure and templates of a business plan
- Essential components of a good business plan
- Efficiency evaluations
- Model creation
- Development process
- Timeline and deadlines
- Linking to the strategic business plan
Financial modeling
- Financial statements in models
- Principles of financial modeling
- The principle of the time value of money
- Excel as a modeling tool
- Sensitivity analyses
- Graphical representation of models
- File structuring
- Reporting tools
Cash Flow Analysis
- Income statement and Cash Flow
- Main sections of the CF statement
- Methods for preparing the CF statement
- Working capital management
- The relationship between company profitability and working capital management
- 7 cash generators
- Repayment plan
- Cash flow projections
Advanced Cash Flow Analysis
- Developing cash flow management models
- 5-year cash flow projections
- Model with quarterly operational cash flow tracking (13 weeks)
- Cash flow ratios
- Discounted cash flows (DCF)
- DCF as a key indicator of investment performance
- CAPEX analysis
- Structural models for cash preservation
Financial statement analysis
- Forms of income statements
- Horizontal and vertical analysis of the balance sheet
- Cash flow analysis
- DuPont analysis
- Profitability analysis
- Analysis of company activities and strategy
- Ratio analysis
- Developing models for quick financial statement analysis
Advanced financial statement analysis
- Advanced ratio analysis
- System of factors for reducing bankruptcy risk
- Cash flow ratios
- Industry ratios
- Credit rating
- Company valuation
- Investment ratios
- Developing financial models for sound decision-making
Models for financial statement analysis
- Creating models in Excel
- Establishing benchmark systems
- Measuring the impact of activities and strategy on company performance
- Model automation
- Technical tasks in Excel
- Creating direct connections with model users
- Providing qualitative feedback
- Creating a sustainable model
Video review | AIM Minute
In this video of the AIM Institute, the director and coach Đorđe Arsić, explains how in the most in-demand training, managers develop an understanding of the financial language and learn how to conduct clearer, more precise, and more efficient communication with colleagues from finance.